The Killing Room [Mass Market Paperback]

John Manning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2010

Old houses have their secrets. The Young residence - a beautiful Maine mansion overlooking the Atlantic - is no exception. But the secrets here are different. They can kill...Carolyn Cartwright, private detective and ex-FBI agent, has been hired by Howard Young to investigate a string of gruesome family deaths. The crimes are horrific, brutal, and senseless. And the time has come for the killing to begin again...One by one, members of the Young family are chosen to die. Old and young, weak and strong, no one is safe from a killer with a limitless thirst for revenge. And the only way for Carolyn to uncover the shocking truth is to enter the room no one has ever left alive - and make herself the next target...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 484 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books; 1 edition (May 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786017996
• ISBN-13: 978-0786017997
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great read!, May 4, 2010

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Nick "Nick" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Killing Room (Kindle Edition)

picked it up free for the kindle, great book, like the description says if you like like Dean Koonz you will enjoy this one, fast pace keeps you on edge

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!, May 5, 2010

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This review is from: The Killing Room (Kindle Edition)

Got this for free, and I would have probably never bought it otherwise. But I could not stop reading this book, even though I figured out a major plot point or two early on in the book. It is a ghost story, but with such a neat take on the idea (the family lottery) that it just grabbed my interest from the first sentence and never let go. And it was left a bit open at the end, which I love.

Like I said, this one was free. But now I have a new author to follow!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for free, May 10, 2010

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Tommy Reamer (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Killing Room (Kindle Edition)

This book was an average horror novel. It was a bit predictable at times, but held my interest enough to keep reading to the end. Comparisons to Koontz are a bit premature and the book had entirely too many spelling and gramatical errors for my liking. Not bad for a quick read, but there is much better kindle fodder out there.